Background Briefing: October 19, 2025
Resistance to Trump is Growing With 2,600 No Kings Protests Across America We begin with the 2,600 No Kings rallies held on Saturday across the country from Maine to the Marianas which peacefully displayed the growing resistance to Trump reflecting a patriotic love...
Background Briefing: October 16, 2025
Trump and Putin to Meet in Budapest Soon For Another Summit After the Alaska Fiasco We begin with the two hour phone call Trump had with Putin today which he described as yielding "great progress" with a second summit after the Alaska fiasco to take place soon in...
Background Briefing: October 15, 2025
SCOTUS Appears Poised To Gut the Voting Rights Act Again to Give Republicans 10 to 12 New House Seats at the Expense of Black Voters Before Votes Are Cast in the Midterms We begin with the Supreme Court hearing today on the Louisiana gerrymander to remove black...
Background Briefing: October 14, 2025
Hamas Moves to Assert Control Over Gaza Making the Prospect of an Arab/Muslim Police Force Taking Over Dubious We begin with the scant details in the Israel/Hamas peace plan that are more about the destination than how to get there. With Hamas displaying its priority...
Background Briefing: October 13, 2025
A Veteran Middle East Negotiator on the Gaza Peace Deal and Trump's Middle East Peace Plan We begin with the return of Israeli prisoners minus the remains of many hostages, the release of 1,700 Palestinian prisoners, Donald Trump's address to the Israeli Knesset and...
Background Briefing: October 12, 2025
And the Nobel Peace Prize Goes to...Maria Corina Machado Not Donald J. Trump We begin with the Nobel Peace Prize which Trump lobbied for and expected to get instead going to Maria Corina Machado, the leader of the opposition in Venezuela who should be the nation's...
Background Briefing: October 8, 2025
The James Comey Show Trial by Trump and Bondi Gets Underway We begin with today's court appearance by James Comey, the former director of the FBI who pleaded not guilty to making false statements to lawmakers and obstructing a congressional proceeding. Before a trial...
Background Briefing: October 5, 2025
Will Peace Happen in Gaza and Trump Get His Nobel Prize? We begin with an assessment whether there will be a peace deal in the next few hours and speak with Steven Simon, who served on the National Security Council staff as senior director for Middle Eastern and North...
Background Briefing: October 2, 2025
Trump and Miller Broaden Their War on Democrats They Label as Communists and Terrorists We begin with an increasingly unhinged president and his dark-whisperer the shadow president Stephen Miller broadening their war on Democrats they label as communists and...
Background Briefing: October 1, 2025
Trump and Miller's National Security Directive NSPM-7 Outlaws the Common Beliefs of Over Half of the Country We begin with a frightening move that has gone under the radar by Trump and Stephen Miller to outlaw and defund political opposition as "Anti-Christian" and...